Green-Rainbow Party candidate Jill Stein plans to make campaign appearance in Northampton on Sunday

NORTHAMPTON – Green-Rainbow Party gubernatorial candidate Jill E.Stein will make an appearance in Western Massachusetts on Sunday with a 90-minute campaign stop in Florence to meet and greet supporters, according to her campaign.

The Western Massachusetts event comes on the heels of Friday’s announcement that Stein, the least known of the four gubernatorial candidates would be allowed to participate in two upcoming televised debates with the other three, incumbent Democrat Deval L. Patrick, Republican Charles D. Baker and Independent Timothy P. Cahill

The first will take place Sept. 21, the second on Oct. 26, seven days before the general election, according to the Boston Media Consortium, the group of major media outlets that arranged the events. Each hour-long debate is set to begin at 7 p.m.

Stein, in a prepared statement, said “I’m extremely grateful for the work these volunteers did to put our ticket on the ballot. And I’m honored to represent our common vision for a secure, just, sustainable, green future in the upcoming debates. This is a people-powered campaign and we owe our success to their support and commitment.”